A pampered young lady from a wealthy family is reborn, choosing a rich wife over a rich man.

Villa No. 15.

Meng Zhixue and Zhou Yu sat at the dining table eating dinner.

"Are you going to fight?" Zhou Yu asked, "Or do you want to go kill people?"

"Huh? Ah..." Meng Zhixue realized what was happening and touched her face. "Is it that obvious?"

Zhou Yu didn't speak, but his eyes clearly showed "yes".

Meng Zhixue stared at him, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

In her previous life, she only followed Zhou Yu for about half a year and was not very familiar with him, but she knew that he was a very smart and resourceful person.

Although she already had a plan to deal with Wang Chengyuan in mind, perhaps Zhou Yu could give her a new idea.

"Well, I have a friend, she..." Meng Zhixue rambled on, briefly recounting the ridiculous things that had happened to her today under the guise of a friend.

Then she said, "Right now, my friend doesn't want to have any issues with her female boss, wants to keep her job, and also wants her boss to know what kind of person her husband is, so she'll be more careful. What do you think my friend should do?"

Zhou Yu looked at her with a complicated expression, then clicked his tongue: "So, what were you originally planning to do?"

"Huh? It's my friend..." Meng Zhixue pretended to be clueless.

"You're not thinking of seducing Wang Chengyuan and filming him harassing you as evidence, are you?" Zhou Yu asked calmly. "Is a scumbag like Wang Chengyuan worth doing that for?"

Meng Zhixue: "I..."

Zhou Yu interrupted her: "For my mother's sake, I'll take care of Wang Chengyuan's matter for you. Many people in the circle know Wang Chengyuan's background, only Wei Suying, that idiot, was kept in the dark."

Meng Zhixue was tempted, but still said, "...No need."

Zhou Yu looked at her calmly with his peach blossom eyes: "What?"

Meng Zhixue said, "It's nothing. I just felt that I didn't need to trouble you with this kind of thing. I can handle it myself."

"You think you can handle it? You have my help, why do you insist on seducing a scumbag like Wang Chengyuan? Are you stupid?" Zhou Yu was inexplicably angry.

A surge of anger coursed through him, making him feel like a stranger.

He's not usually this emotional.

"How could that be?" Meng Zhixue retorted. "Even if I were to use seduction, I wouldn't be so indiscriminate in my choices, okay? I have very strong principles!"

"What?"

"For example, I'm willing to sign a three-month contract with you and be your night shift nanny, but if it were Wang Chengyuan, I wouldn't even bother with him!" Meng Zhixue said.

She absolutely refused to have sex with married men; that was her principle.

Furthermore, she didn't trust Wang Chengyuan's character.

Zhou Yu glanced at her and suddenly wasn't so angry anymore.

He cleared his throat, cupping his fist to his lips, and asked, suppressing his unease, "So, what do you plan to do?"

"I'm not telling you!" Meng Zhixue snorted, not wanting to talk to him anymore. "This is my private matter."

Some people, not only did they not offer any constructive suggestions, which is already an overestimation of her, but they even called her stupid, haha.

"You..." Zhou Yu laughed in anger.

So you just use it and then throw it away, right?

With such audacity, isn't she afraid he'll find a chance to punish her?

……

Meng Zhixue bought a pinhole camera and hid it behind the necklace pendant she was wearing.

When Wang Chengyuan came to harass her for the second time, the hidden camera clearly captured his shameful behavior. She didn't delay at all and took the video to Wei Suying that very night.

Since inviting Meng Zhixue home to be Xiaoxin's playmate, Wei Suying has been reborn, gaining freedom and throwing herself into her work without any worries.

Before having children, she was a career woman who frequently traveled the world and rarely had a few nights a month to rest at home.

I'm not as driven after having a baby, but I still often work overtime until 10 p.m.

In order to speak with Wei Suying alone, Meng Zhixue specifically asked Zhou Yu for a day off and arranged to meet her at the Blues Cafe.

"Why did you decide to have coffee with me?" Wei Suying flirtatiously tossed her hair, took out a jewelry box from her handbag, and pushed it in front of Meng Zhixue. "I just bought you a little trinket. See if you like it."

"Sister Ying..." Meng Zhixue didn't reach for the jewelry box, but went straight to the point, "The reason I came to see you tonight is actually to talk to you about your husband..."

Wei Suying was taken aback: "What?"

"You, you should watch the video I took first." Meng Zhixue bit her lip and sent the video to Wei Suying on WeChat.

Wang Chengyuan's ugly behavior was fully exposed in the video. Even when Meng Zhixue asked him to let her go for Xiaoxin's sake, he remained unmoved and continued to coerce and entice Meng Zhixue.

Wei Suying finished reading with a blank expression, her eyes as cold as a frozen pool in the twelfth lunar month.

"Sister Ying..." Meng Zhixue called out uneasily, explaining softly, "I didn't mean anything by filming this video, I just wanted you to know about this, to know his true nature. Thank you for your previous care, I'll pack my things and leave tomorrow, and I won't appear again..."

"What are you saying?" Wei Suying realized what she meant and immediately dismissed her idea. "Xiaoxin can't live without you now, so don't tell her you're quitting and leaving."

Meng Zhixue: "But..."

"There's nothing wrong with that. You're the victim, and I won't hold it against you." Wei Suying's eyes were complicated, but a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips. "I'll handle Wang Chengyuan's situation and give you an explanation!"

Meng Zhixue quickly replied, "You don't need to give me any explanation. I didn't suffer any loss or damage."

"How can you say there's no loss? Isn't being scared a loss? Isn't being disgusted by trashy men a loss?" Wei Suying opened the jewelry box, took out a pair of round and full pearl earrings that looked very valuable, and handed them to her. "Women need to learn to please themselves. Wear these and change your mood."

She smiled charmingly and beautifully, and Meng Zhixue smiled back.

She didn't ask Wei Suying how she planned to handle it.

But Wei Suying's attitude reassured her and brightened her mood considerably.

……

Meng Zhixue walked back to Villa No. 15 humming a song.

She wasn't dressed warmly enough when she went out, and the cool night breeze made her shiver. Remembering that there was fermented rice wine and glutinous rice balls in the refrigerator, she decided to go into the kitchen and make a late-night snack.

Steaming hot fermented rice balls can be made in just three minutes.

Plump, white meatballs float in the sweet fermented rice and egg drop soup, topped with a sprinkle of fragrant dried osmanthus flowers—a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate.

Meng Zhixue took a deep breath, feeling a surge of happiness.

However, just as she was about to enjoy her meal, a cold voice suddenly came from behind her, almost making her scream out of fright.

"So happy, the matter is resolved?"

"You..." Meng Zhixue clutched her chest, accusing him in a terrified voice, "Why do you walk so quietly? Can you please stop making sudden noises? It's scary!"

Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow, even more speechless: "How many bad things have you done to have such a cowardly heart?"

Meng Zhixue was so angry she gritted her teeth and couldn't help but retort, "Everyone else's words are sweet, but yours are poisoned!"

They're even using "you" now, tsk.

Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow and slightly lifted his chin: "Since you have doubts, why don't you try it and judge for yourself?"

Try it, how do you try it?

Eyes facing each other.

They both looked away at the same time, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

When a man and a woman are alone together, it's easy for an unusual atmosphere to arise.

Moreover, the reason Meng Zhixue moved into Villa No. 15 was because Madam Zhou hoped something would happen between them.

Zhou Yu spoke first, breaking the strange silence: "Give me a bowl of your... you know."

"...Oh." Meng Zhixue pinched her earlobe.

The two sat down at the dining table.

A single serving of fermented rice balls can be shared between two people; each person gets just a little bit and finishes it in a few bites.

Meng Zhixue put away the bowl and was about to take it to the kitchen when Zhou Yu's voice called out to her again.

"Why aren't you wearing the clothes I bought you?"

She only wears clothes that Wei Suying bought. Does that mean she doesn't like his taste?

Subconsciously recalling her past life, Meng Zhixue asked in confusion, "You didn't buy me a white dress, did you?"

Without any props, even if he asked her to pretend to be his ideal woman, she couldn't do it.

We can't expect her to pay for it herself, can we? That's impossible.

Who brings their own laptop to work?

Zhou Yu's gaze suddenly darkened.